How can you tell spring tea, summer tea, autumn tea and winter tea apart?

Spring tea: Because spring temperatures are moderate and rainfall is plentiful, and because the tea plant has rested and recovered through autumn and winter, spring tea's buds and leaves are plump, its color is emerald green, the leaf texture is soft, the taste is fresh and brisk, and the aroma is intense. In our country's historical documents through the ages, there are records that "spring tea is prized."

Summer tea: Because the weather is hot, the tea plant's buds and leaves grow rapidly, and the extractable substances that dissolve into the tea liquor are relatively reduced, so the taste of the tea liquor is not as fresh and brisk as spring tea, the aroma is not as rich as spring tea, and the taste is rather bitter and astringent. However, summer tea contains higher levels of tea catechins and caffeine, making it suitable for making black tea and Baihao Oolong tea and other teas with a strong taste and bright, vivid color.

Autumn tea: Its quality falls between spring tea and summer tea. After the tea plant has grown and been picked through spring and summer, the substances contained in the buds and leaves are relatively reduced, and the tea's taste and aroma appear relatively mild.

Winter tea: Its liquor color and fragrance are lighter and thinner than spring tea, but when made into light-aroma Oolong tea and Baozhong tea, its characteristics are a delicate aroma and little bitterness or astringency.